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== Media == === Print === The ''[[Yellowknifer]]'', published by [[Northern News Services]], is the major newspaper serving Yellowknife, published twice weekly on Wednesday and Friday. Northern News Services also publishes ''[[News/North|Northwest Territories News/North]]'' every Monday, which serves the entire NWT. As well, there is ''[[L'Aquilon]]'', a French language newspaper published weekly. ''[[Up Here (magazine)|Up Here]]'' magazine is based in Yellowknife, offering northern-related news and lifestyle articles. Edge Magazine, which began in 2011, was also based in Yellowknife and it covered arts, events, people, culture and economy around the city. === Radio === {|class="wikitable sortable" !Frequency!!Call sign!!Branding!!Format!!Owner!!Notes |- |[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 95.3 |[[CBU-FM|CBNY-FM]] |[[CBC Music]] |Assorted music, [[Public broadcasting|public radio]] |[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |Rebroadcaster of [[CBU-FM]] ([[Vancouver]]) |- |[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 98.9 |[[CFYK-FM]] |[[CBC Radio One]] |[[Talk radio]], [[Public broadcasting|public radio]] |[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |Part of [[CBC North]] |- |[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 100.1 |[[CJCD-FM]] |100.1 True North FM |[[Adult contemporary music|Adult contemporary]] |[[Vista Broadcast Group]] | |- |[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 101.9 |[[CKLB-FM]] |CKLB Radio: The Voice of Denendeh |[[Community radio]] |Native Communications Society of the Northwest Territories |[[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] community radio |- |[[FM broadcasting|FM]] 103.5 |[[CIVR-FM]] |Radio Taïga |[[Community radio]] |Société Radio Taïga |[[French language]] community radio |} === Television === {{More citations needed|1=section|date=November 2024}} {{outdated|French-language transmitters|date=November 2024}} {|class="wikitable sortable" ![[Terrestrial television|OTA]] channel!!Call sign!!Network!!Notes |- |8 ([[very high frequency|VHF]]) |[[CFYK-DT]] |[[CBC Television]] |Flagship television station for [[CBC North]] |- |11 ([[very high frequency|VHF]]) |[[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network#Distribution|CHTY-TV]] |[[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network]] |Flagship television station for the [[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network]] |- |13 ([[very high frequency|VHF]]){{cn|date=November 2024}} |[[CBFT-DT|CH4127]] |[[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]] |Community-owned rebroadcaster of [[CBFT-DT]] ([[Montreal]]). Status after 2010 is unknown; Ici Grand Nord<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clo-ocol.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2023-12/nwt-pres8.pdf|title=The French Presence in the Northwest Territories|date=December 2023|accessdate=28 November 2024|publisher=Government of Canada Publications}}</ref> and Unis TV<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/clo-ocol/SF31-141-12-2018-fra.pdf|title=Le fait français dans les Territories du Nord-Ouest|accessdate=28 November 2024|lang=fr-ca|publisher=Government of Canada Publications|date=December 2018}}</ref> were instead known to be broadcast on cable as of December 2023. |- |17 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]){{cn|date=November 2024}} |CHNP-TV{{cn|date=November 2024}} |[[Independent station]] |Branded on air as “Isuma Local Media” |- |35 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]){{cn|date=November 2024}} |CHUT-TV{{cn|date=November 2024}} |Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories{{cn|date=November 2024}} |Branded on-air as “Legislative Assembly Television”{{cn|date=November 2024}} |- |44 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]){{cn|date=November 2024}} |CKLT-TV{{cn|date=November 2024}} |[[Uvagut TV]] | |} No part of the Northwest Territories is designated as a mandatory market for [[Digital terrestrial television in Canada|digital television conversion]]; only CFYK-DT converted its main transmitter in Yellowknife to digital. On 10 August 2012, [[NASA]] announced that the section of [[Mars]] where the [[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]] of the [[Mars Science Laboratory]] mission landed would be renamed Yellowknife, in recognition of the city of Yellowknife. Yellowknife is usually where scientists start geological mapping expeditions when researching the oldest known rocks in North America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.space.com/17060-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-site-yellowknife.html |title=Curiosity Rover's New Address: Yellowknife, Mars |work=Space.com |date=8 August 2012 |access-date=14 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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